dān​bāng

itinerant trader

  • created sense approved 单帮/單幫 · dān​bāng · itinerant trader — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    单帮 / 單幫

    dān​bāng

    itinerant trader

    an individual merchant who travels from place to place buying and selling goods to profit from price differences between regions; often used in the phrase [[跑单帮|跑單幫|pao3 dan1 bang1]]

    单 (literal) → 单/單 · dān · single 帮 (literal) → 帮/幫 · bāng · group

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 单帮/單幫 · dān​bāng · to trade alone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    单帮 / 單幫

    dān​bāng

    to trade alone

    to travel around and conduct business as an independent trader without being part of a larger commercial group or guild

    单 (literal) → 单/單 · dān · single 帮 (literal) → 帮/幫 · bāng · group

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense